Governor Paul LePage called it “tough reading.” He’s talking about a report from the Maine Domestic Abuse Homicide Review Panel. It shows what so many abuse survivors and those working to help them already know—abusers can kill you. The report found there were 48 homicides in Maine in 2010 and 2011 and 21 were domestic violence-related. The… Read more »
Forget your wife’s birthday? Take her to dinner at your favorite restaurant to apologize. Forget your wife’s birthday, argue, push her on the sofa, put your hand on her neck, raise your other hand as if to hit her? Same remedy. Take her to her favorite restaurant to apologize. Excuse me? It sounds outrageous, but… Read more »
Today I spoke with the victim’s attorney, Amina Merritt, and also with Sandra Henriquez with the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault. 4/16/12 UPDATE: Monday afternoon, according to the Sacramento Bee, the judge ordered the release of the 17-year rape accuser being held in juvenile detention. Perhaps he heard the suggestion of friend to the website and… Read more »
If you have ever experienced trauma, you know it can be mentally and emotionally taxing, especially on the youngest among us. Life’s stressors can lead to overeating and obesity that can cause serious health problems. In fact, a new study in the medical journal Pediatrics reveals just how physically damaging stressors like domestic violence, depression… Read more »
New accusations from Hollywood screenwriter Joe Eszterhas that actor-director Mel Gibson goes on raging fits screaming anti-Jewish slurs probably not a surprise to you. We’ve been here before. That he is allegedly again raging about his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, the mother of his youngest child, also probably not a surprise to you. We’ve been here before. What does leap out from the allegations… Read more »
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